Jeremiah 17:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

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  • Mark 7:21-22 : 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
  • Prov 28:26 : 26 He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whoever walks wisely shall be delivered.
  • Heb 3:12 : 12 Beware, brothers and sisters, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
  • Eccl 9:3 : 3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that, they go to the dead.
  • Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
  • Gen 6:5 : 5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
  • Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed. 15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin: and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 And the LORD smelled a pleasing aroma, and the LORD said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination of his heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
  • Ps 53:1-3 : 1 The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; there is none who does good. 2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought God. 3 Every one of them has turned back; they have altogether become filthy; there is none who does good, no, not one.
  • Matt 13:15 : 15 For this people's heart has become callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.
  • Jer 16:12 : 12 And you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, each one walks after the imagination of his evil heart, so that you do not listen to me.
  • Ps 51:5 : 5 Behold, I was shaped in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.
  • Job 15:14-16 : 14 What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? 15 Behold, He puts no trust in His saints; yes, the heavens are not clean in His sight. 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, who drinks iniquity like water?

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